Good news, and we’ve waited a long time to be able to write this: the backorder situation is over. Every order that was waiting has shipped, new stock is in, and Helioclock orders are going out on a regular schedule again. The long haul When Helioclock took off after Huntsville Hamfest and the video coverage … Read more
Bugs fixed Features added
Good news first: we’ve made very real progress on the order backlog. SKU-3 (Turnkey Appliance) is fully caught up as of today, every outstanding order is in the shipping process. SKU-1 (MicroSD Card) is nearly clear too, just a handful of orders left, and those are going out this week. About 35 shipped yesterday and … Read more
Helioclock v3.6.02 This release has new features and incorporates a number of fixes for errors reported by our customers. THANK YOU. NEW The DX Cluster detail panel’s filter bar (in the full detail view, not the simple mini-panel preview) lets you narrow the live spot list by:
I wanted to take a moment to give everyone an honest update on where things stand. We’ve now crossed the 1,000-order mark. That kind of response has been humbling, and I mean that sincerely. It’s also meant that fulfillment has slowed down more than I’d like, and I want to be upfront about why. Partway … Read more
Helioclock Now Talks to Your RTL-SDR — And We’re Headed to Huntsville Two pieces of news worth sharing this week: Helioclock now has full live RTL-SDR integration built in, and we’ll be showing it off in person at the Huntsville Hamfest / ARRL National Convention, August 22–23. See the Press Release HERE. Your RTL-SDR Dongle, … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM Monday July 27th the press release goes out, so it’s official: Helioclock will make its public debut at the ARRL National Convention, Huntsville Hamfest, August 22-23, 2026, at booth #V55. If you’ve been following along here, none of this is a surprise, but I wanted to put the real announcement in front … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM Once the website was in good shape, the rest of July turned into the busiest, most concentrated stretch of the whole project so far. I want to walk through the real shape of it, because a lot of it was research and rebuilding as much as it was new features. It started … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM For most of the first week of July, I stepped away from the app itself and spent nearly the whole stretch on helioclock.com. It’s easy to underestimate how much time a real product website takes until you’re actually building one page by page. I built it on WordPress, hosted on Pressable, with … Read more
Posted by KA9NWM I stepped away from active development for a couple weeks in the middle of June. Life happens, I got very sick with a new flu variant and wow did it knock me down. It’s a solo project, so when I came back at the end of the month there was a real … Read more